31st January 2025 Current Affairs

1. Who has recently launched the iSPOT portal?

   a) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
   b) Ministry of Finance
   c) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
   d) State Bank of Bank (SBI)

2. Lezim fold dance, recently in the news, is associated with which state?

   a) Gujarat
   b) Rajasthan
   c) Maharashtra 
   d) Karnataka

3. When is Martyrs’ Day (Shaheed Divas) observed in India?

   a) 26th January
   b) 30th January
   c) 15th August
   d) 23rd March

4. Which ministry has recently launched the MSME TEAM initiative?

   a) Ministry of Finance
   b) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
   c) Ministry of Mirco, Small & Medium Enterprises (MoMSME)
   d) Ministry of Labour and Employment

5. Who has been recently appointed as the new Director General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)?

   a) Suresh Kumar
   b) Rajesh Nirwan
   c) Alok Verma
   d) Arvind Kumar

6. What is the full form of ONOT, which was recently in the news?

   a) One Nation, One Tax
   b) One Nation, One Time 
   c) One Network, One Technology
   d) One Norm, One Target

7. Who recently launched the Occupational Shortage Index (OSI)?

   a) Piyush Goyal
   b) Dharmendra Pradhan
   c) Mansukh Mandaviya 
   d) Bhupender Yadav

8. How much budget has been allocated by the Government of India under the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM)?

   a) 16,300 Crore
   b) 30,300 Crore
   c) 34,500 Crore
   d) 44,350 Crore

9. Latika Katt, who recently passed away, was associated with which field?

   a) Painting
   b) Sculpture 
   c) Music
   d) Literature

10. In which state is the recently discussed Namdapha National Park located?

    a) Assam
    b) Arunachal Pradesh
    c) Meghalaya
    d) Manipur

11. Who has approved ‘Cannabis Cultivation’ for industry, science and medicine?

    a) Himachal Pradesh
    b) Uttarakhand
    c) Haryana
    d) Punjab

12. Who has topped the first edition of HSBC Hurun Global Indians List 2024?

    a) Shantanu Narayen
    b) Neil Mohan
    c) Sundar Pichai
    d) Satya Nadella 

13. PM Narendra Modi has been elected co-chairman of the AI summit to be held in which country?

    a) UK
    b) Paris 
    c) South Korea
    d) Japan

14. ICC CEO resigned from his post, what is his name?

    a) Milos Vucevic
    b) Geoff Allardyce
    c) Greg Barclay
    d) None of these

31st January 2025 Current Affairs